Insane moment Fly Dubai plane tries to escape underwater runway after 'biblical' floods

[Caribbeans]

Insane moment Fly Dubai plane tries to escape underwater runway after ‘biblical’ floods

Dubai International Airport was hit by flash floods this week as heavy rain battered the country causing flights to be canceled and others diverted.

The-Express.com | Rosie Jempson | Wed, Apr 17, 2024

Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, was hit by flash floods on Tuesday, causing chaos as planes waded through the torrents on the tarmac.

A video shows a Fly Dubai Boeing 737 plowing through the several inches of water.

The severe weather led to a slew of flight cancelations and temporary diversions of inbound flights to alternative locations on Tuesday, April 16 evening.

The heavy downpours in the UAE have caused deadly flas floods that have killed at least 20 people...more
https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/134667/fly-dubai-plane-underwater-floods

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Related from CNBC:
United Arab Emirates is using cloud seeding tech to make it rain

The UAE partnered with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado and NASA to set up the methodology for the cloud seeding program...
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/18/united-arab-emirates-is-using-cloud-seeding-tech-to-make-it-rain.html

[Think. Again.]

1. I think the more important part of this OP ....

...is the second link that leads to the story on how United Emerates has been doing "cloud seeding" since the 1990's, and are now suffering from a rash of deadly downpours like the one in the video, beginning to ravish the area.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/conservative-us-judges-boycott-columbia-grads-over-campus-gaza-protests-2024-05-06/